Third deer found shot in Farmington Hills residential area

For the third straight week, Farmington Hills Police were called to a residential area because a wounded deer had been found in someone’s back yard.

This time it was a home on Briar Hill Drive, where a homeowner told police he’d found the deer in his yard around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

When a police officer responded, according to a police report, he found the deer, an eight-point buck, lying on its right side, with an arrow sticking out of its shoulder. According to his report, the officer found no other injuries (such as broken bones had the deer been hit by a car), and found the deer still alive. However, due to the nature of its injuries, police said, the deer had to be euthanized.

The officer said a fresh blanket of snow had fallen on the area not long before the call, preventing anyone from tracking where the deer.

Larcenies from cars

Two car owners on Ontaga were victimized the same night Thursday.

The first said he’d been packing his 2012 Ford pickup with a variety of items he’d use for a hunting trip that was supposed to start Friday. When he returned to the truck Friday morning around 7:30 a.m., he noticed several items had been removed from the glove compartment.

He then looked for his Mossberry 12-gauge shotgun and saw it had been stolen. The driver also noticed his wallet, containing his driver’s license and a couple of credit cards, had been taken.

The owner told police he “must have forgotten” to lock the vehicle.

The second owner, a 38-year-old man, also admitted his vehicle — a 2002 Jaguar — had been left unlocked. The owner told police the thefts occurred sometime between 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, and 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20.

Among the items stolen were some $200 in cash, miscellaneous CDs and DVDs, a 5.5-inch, pearl-handled butterfly knife and three lock-blade knives.

There was no damage reported to the vehicle.

Stolen gun

In another larceny from auto, a car owner on Tredwell told police sometime between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, someone broke into her 2013 Ford Fusion.

Among items taken were a Blue Tooth device, two credit cards and a small amount of cash and coins. Also taken was a Ruger semi-automatic handgun, which was kept in a case in the glove compartment. The case was left behind.

The owner said her car had been locked, though police found the vehicle showed no sign of forced entry.

Farmington

Order missing

A resident of the Jamestown Apartments recently reported the possible theft of children’s clothing ordered online.

According to Farmington Public Safety, the resident said postal service said the delivery was made but he never got the goods.

Drunken driving

Recently reported cases of drunken driving in Farmington include one on Nov. 14, where a car was stopped for speeding at around 3:23 a.m. and one on Nov. 11, when the driver was pulled over for improper lane change.

In the more recent case, police say the driver showed signs of intoxication, failed field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .11%. The same was true in the other case, except the driver’s blood alcohol content was measured at .14%. Both drivers ended up in the Farmington jail.

Runaway

A 15-year-old who reportedly ran away from his Southfield home was located at a house on Mayfield Street shortly after 2 a.m. on Nov. 12. The teen’s mother and Southfield police were contacted.

Fraud

A vehicle break-in in the Clarkston area reportedly led to a fraud case that occurred at a Farmington bank.

The victim, a Clarkston resident, told police all her personal information was stolen in the breakin, and on Oct. 30 a female posing as her tried to cash a check for approximately $1,000 at the Farmington bank. The bank clerk told the suspect that a hold would be place on the check, so the victim then withdrew all the money from one of the victim’s accounts. The detective bureau is investigating.